diff -Nru autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu1/debian/changelog autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu2/debian/changelog
--- autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu1/debian/changelog	2017-02-17 05:07:09.000000000 +0000
+++ autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu2/debian/changelog	2017-05-12 21:28:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+autopkgtest (4.3ubuntu2) artful; urgency=medium
+
+  * Use ".../src" as temporary package build directory instead of
+    <package name>-<version>. This makes build path predictably shorter.
+    (LP: #1680577)
+
+ -- Balint Reczey <rbalint@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 12 May 2017 21:28:59 +0000
+
 autopkgtest (4.3ubuntu1) zesty; urgency=medium
 
   * Update debian/tests/lxd to support LXD storage API.
diff -Nru autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu1/runner/adt-run autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu2/runner/adt-run
--- autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu1/runner/adt-run	2017-01-11 11:34:09.000000000 +0000
+++ autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu2/runner/adt-run	2017-05-12 21:28:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
             p = adt_testbed.Path(testbed, part, os.path.join(testbed.scratch, os.path.basename(part)))
             p.copydown()
 
-        create_command = 'dpkg-source -x "%s"' % dsc_tb
+        create_command = 'dpkg-source -x "%s" src' % dsc_tb
 
     elif kind == 'unbuilt-tree':
         dsc = os.path.join(tmp, 'fake.dsc')
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@
                           '  ver=${srcversion:-$pkg_candidate};'
                           '  dpkg --compare-versions "$ver" lt "$maxver" || maxver="$ver";'
                           'done;'
-                          '[ -z "$maxver" ] || maxver="=$maxver";'
-                          'OUT=$(apt-get source -q --only-source %(src)s$maxver 2>&1) || RC=$?;'
+                          '[ -z "$maxver" ] || maxver="$maxver";'
+                          'OUT=$(apt-get source -d -q --only-source %(src)s=$maxver 2>&1) || RC=$?;'
                           'if [ -n "$RC" ]; then if echo "$OUT" | grep -q "Unable to find a source package"; then exit 1; else exit $RC; fi; fi;'
-                          'echo "$OUT" | grep ^Get: || true' % {'src': arg})
+                          'echo "$OUT" | grep ^Get: ; dpkg-source -x %(src)s_$maxver.dsc src' % {'src': arg})
     elif kind == 'git-source':
         url, _, branch = arg.partition('#')
         create_command = "git clone '%s' || { sleep 15; git clone '%s'; }" % (url, url)
diff -Nru autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu1/runner/autopkgtest autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu2/runner/autopkgtest
--- autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu1/runner/autopkgtest	2017-01-11 11:34:09.000000000 +0000
+++ autopkgtest-4.3ubuntu2/runner/autopkgtest	2017-05-12 21:28:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
             p = adt_testbed.Path(testbed, part, os.path.join(testbed.scratch, os.path.basename(part)))
             p.copydown()
 
-        create_command = 'dpkg-source -x "%s"' % dsc_tb
+        create_command = 'dpkg-source -x "%s" src' % dsc_tb
 
     elif kind == 'unbuilt-tree':
         dsc = os.path.join(tmp, 'fake.dsc')
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@
                           '  ver=${srcversion:-$pkg_candidate};'
                           '  dpkg --compare-versions "$ver" lt "$maxver" || maxver="$ver";'
                           'done;'
-                          '[ -z "$maxver" ] || maxver="=$maxver";'
-                          'OUT=$(apt-get source -q --only-source %(src)s$maxver 2>&1) || RC=$?;'
+                          '[ -z "$maxver" ] || maxver="$maxver";'
+                          'OUT=$(apt-get source -d -q --only-source %(src)s=$maxver 2>&1) || RC=$?;'
                           'if [ -n "$RC" ]; then if echo "$OUT" | grep -q "Unable to find a source package"; then exit 1; else exit $RC; fi; fi;'
-                          'echo "$OUT" | grep ^Get: || true' % {'src': arg})
+                          'echo "$OUT" | grep ^Get: ; dpkg-source -x %(src)s_$maxver.dsc src' % {'src': arg})
     elif kind == 'git-source':
         url, _, branch = arg.partition('#')
         create_command = "git clone '%s' || { sleep 15; git clone '%s'; }" % (url, url)